AMD RANKS FIFTH AMONG U.S. COMPANIES IN U.S. PATENTS AWARDED

AMD RANKS FIFTH AMONG U.S. COMPANIES IN U.S.
PATENTS AWARDED



- Company earns more than 1,000 U. S. Patents for 2nd consecutive year -



SUNNYVALE, CA-JANUARY 22, 2002-AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced it ranked 14th in
the world among companies receiving patents awarded by the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office in 2001, and for the second consecutive year, fifth in patents
earned among U.S. based companies.



"For AMD to continue its upward trajectory, we must sustain our passion for
constantly finding new and better ways to do things," said Bill Siegle,
chief scientist at AMD. "Our business is driven by innovation, and the
ultimate innovation index is patents awarded by the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office."



For the fourth year in a row, AMD ranked among the top 25 companies in the
number of new U.S. patents received. Numbers released earlier in January by IFI
CLAIMS Patent Services show that AMD earned 1090 patents last year, breaking the
1000 patent barrier for the 2nd consecutive year.



"Buyers of electronic devices often take improvements in performance for
granted, and speak of 'Moore's Law' as if it were a naturally occurring
phenomenon," said Nathan Brookwood, principal analyst for Insight 64, a
Saratoga, CA.-based market research and consulting organization. "In
reality, it takes massive investments of financial and intellectual resources to
move the industry forward. Patents serve as useful barometer to gauge the
effectiveness of a company's efforts with regard to the innovation that our
modern society requires and our economic system rewards."



"Our current patent portfolio is a roughly equal mix of process and
manufacturing patents on the one hand, and product design patents on the
other," said Siegle. "Not only are we very excited about the products
going out our doors today, our research and development results show our
continuing commitment to performance and productivity improvement as well."



For a complete list of the top 25 U.S. patent recipients for the past three
years, refer to the attached chart.





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computer and communications markets with manufacturing facilities in the United
States, Europe, Japan, and Asia. AMD, a Fortune 500 and Standard & Poor's
500 company, produces microprocessors, flash memory devices, and support
circuitry for communications and networking applications. Founded in 1969 and
based in Sunnyvale, California, AMD had revenues of $3.9 billion in 2001. (NYSE:
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U.S. Patents 1999-2001 (source: IFIClaims)





1999



Company      No. Patents

1  IBM   2,789

2  NEC   1,853

3  Canon   1,800

4  Samsung   1,544

5  Sony   1,429

6  Fujitsu   1,231

7  Toshiba   1,225

8  Motorola   1,207

9  Lucent   1,156

10 Mitsubishi  1,089

11 Matsushita  1,065

12 Hitachi    1,020

13 Kodak       993

14 Micron        934

15 Philips      866

16 HP        855

17 AMD      825

18 Intel      735

19 Siemens AG        731

20 GE          700

21 Xerox     671

22 Texas Inst      604

23 Sharp        566

24 Sun Microsys       565

25 Proctor & Gamble   551







2000



Company      No. Patents

1  IBM   2,922

2  NEC   2,034

3  Canon   1,897

4  Samsung   1,442

5  Lucent   1,415

6  Sony   1,394

7  Micron   1,306

8  Toshiba   1,264

9  Motorola   1,203

10 Fujitsu   1,169

11 Matsushita  1,150

12 AMD   1,055

13 Hitachi   1,046

14 Mitsubishi  1,037

15 Siemens AG    932

16 HP      904

17 Kodak     876

18 Philips     839

19 Intel     797

20 GE         790

21 Texas Inst    692

22 Sharp     619

23 Xerox     577

24 Bosch     550

25 Fuji Photo    549

 



2001



Company      No. Patents

1  IBM   3,453

2  NEC   1,966

3  Canon   1,877

4  Micron   1,643

5  Samsung   1,451

6  Matsushita  1,447

7  Sony   1,392

8  Hitachi   1,283

9  Mitsubishi  1,210

10 Fujitsu   1,208

11 Toshiba   1,176

12 Lucent   1,119

13 GE    1,112

14 AMD   1,090

15 HP      982

16 Philips     882

17 Siemens AG    817

18 Intel     811

19 Texas Inst    806

20 Motorola     785

21 Xerox     722

22 Kodak     719

23 Bosch     705

24 United Microelec   596

25 Honda      87